Whos part # are you looking for? I just get the spicer u joints for Catco locally. Spicer # 5-799x Which is what corvette used on steel half shafts, if I recall.

That's right as I used them on the Vega shaft and have that same # in my files =; You can get that joint at any Napa store...Remember they have the "good stuff" \:D/ \:D/

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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 4:46 pm

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FYI, That 1350 Spicer joint #5-799x crosses over at NAPA as their part number 331 and it's a regularly stocked item here at our local store. List price is $16.99

Called Roanoke Spring Works today and they don't do driveshafts any more?? Also called Truck Body Corp here in town and their guy never called me back?? Dayum!! And I thought ppl were hurting for work?? Obviously not, hey!

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Ken0069 wrote:

FYI, That 1350 Spicer joint #5-799x crosses over at NAPA as their part number 331 and it's a regularly stocked item here at our local store. List price is $16.99

Called Roanoke Spring Works today and they don't do driveshafts any more?? Also called Truck Body Corp here in town and their guy never called me back?? Dayum!! And I thought ppl were hurting for work?? Obviously not, hey!

I was thinking NAPA # was 330 or 331 but its not made by Spicer. The NAPA rep said there u-joint are made by Rayloc. Not sure if there are any good

FYI, That 1350 Spicer joint #5-799x crosses over at NAPA as their part number 331 and it's a regularly stocked item here at our local store. List price is $16.99

Called Roanoke Spring Works today and they don't do driveshafts any more?? Also called Truck Body Corp here in town and their guy never called me back?? Dayum!! And I thought ppl were hurting for work?? Obviously not, hey!

TBC will definately have a source to make the shaft. When I was selling commercial GMC trucks when I first retired from the airline we used TBC for several truck bodies. More often than not the truck chassis must be shortened which means a shortened drive shaft. They do this kind of stuff every day.

$55 labor plus parts, which will be about 38 inches of 3.5 dia tube and two 1350 weld yokes. I'll have less than $140 in it when I pick it up. Got two new U joints yesterday that were $32.

They (TBC) have done some work for me in the past and also Roanoke Spring Works has done some but RSW doesn't have a machinist right now so TBC will make it and I'll have to carry it to Roanoke to have it balanced.